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March 9, 2007

Dispensaries closed in health staff crisis Far-flung clinic patients told to go to CMH
Daily Dispatch
PSYCHIATRIC outpatients who were getting their medication from city and rural clinics say they have been told to collect it from Mdantsane's Cecilia Makiwane Hospital because of the acute shortage of state-employed pharmacists.

Health Canada issues fresh warning on supplement
CBC
There have been nine reports of serious adverse reactions associated with the use of the controversial supplement EMPowerplus, Health Canada said Thursday.

Parents urged to keep hopeful about childhood mental illness
Greater Milwaukee Today
WAUKESHA - Dr. Russell Scheffer of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin said parents of bipolar children should not give up hope on trying to treat the condition because it can be harder to spot in younger children.

FDA Grants Pediatric Exclusivity For RISPERDAL(R)
Medical News Today
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted pediatric exclusivity for RISPERDAL(R) (risperidone), based on studies conducted in bipolar 1 disorder and schizophrenia. The patent is set to expire in December 2007, however, this grant will extend the period of exclusivity on risperidone through June 2008. RISPERDAL is approved in the U.S.

Gang members seek mental profile
News Virginian
Two men charged in a gang shooting might argue a sort of insanity defense to overcome their confessions to police. A bipolar disorder might explain why Brandon "B-Easy" Clark told police he shot James O'Brien on Nov. 25, his defense attorney argued Thursday.

FDA Grants Pediatric Exclusivity for RISPERDAL(R)
RedNova
TITUSVILLE, N.J., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted pediatric exclusivity for RISPERDAL(R) (risperidone), based on studies conducted in bipolar 1 disorder and schizophrenia.

News Columnists
Chester Daily Local Online
... in Exton, after hearing our department head, Rachelle Weiss, on a radio program. She had been interviewed about her depression and bipolar disorder.

Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Psychiatric Services (subscription) - USA
It covers depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders. It emphasizes the risks of discontinuation of treatment and the risks of ...

Genetic Link to Suicidal Tendencies Nailed Down
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription)
The current study, published in the March issue of Biological Psychiatry, looked at people with bipolar disorder. "We're all in the same place. ...

Judge tells bipolar driver deadly crash still his fault
London Free Press
CHATHAM -- A Chatham judge says a man from Brooklyn, NY, suffering from a bipolar disorder must take responsibility for causing a collision that killed two ...

'There's a hopeless feeling involved in depression'
Vancouver Sun (subscription)
He eventually found a doctor who diagnosed his illness as major depression and Bipolar II disorder, a condition characterized by episodes of mania and ...

Antidepressants and Bipolar Disorder: What Do Recent Studies Tell Us?
Psychiatric Times
1 In this article, we review some of the recent research on the use of antidepressants in bipolar disorder (BD), and we also discuss briefly the

Memory Pharmaceuticals Reports Phase 2a Results for MEM 1003 in Bipolar Disorder
RedNova
MONTVALE, N.J., March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. today announced top-line data from the Phase 2a study of MEM 1003 in acute mania in bipolar disorder, which was conducted with funding support
from the Stanley Medical Research Institute.

Curidium Discovers Significantly Different Patient Subgroups in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Curidium Medica plc, today announced that it has discovered four unique and statistically significantly different subgroups of schizophrenia/bipolar disorder patients based on their gene expression profiles.

High Turnover, Multiple Admissions At N.C. Mental Institutions
WSOC-TV 9 Charlotte
The number of mental patients checking into the state's four mental institutions for stays of up to a week skyrocketed more than 82 percent from 2001-2005, the result of fewer local services and dwindling space offered at community hospitals, records show.

Talking through the pain
Sacramento Bee
Still, Bueno has agreed to share his struggle with bipolar disorder -- a condition that causes mood shifts from mania to depression that, according to the ...

Shock therapy 'saved my life'
Gary Post Tribune
Eight years later, she's a mental health advocate in Porter County and coping with her bipolar disorder one day at a time. ...

Curidium Discovers Significantly Different Patient Subgroups in ...
PR Newswire UK
Using its proprietary Homomatrix(R), Curidium analyzed the gene expression profiles of post-mortem brains of 64 schizophrenic/bipolar disorder patients and ...

Waiting for treatment
Baltimore Sun
But she also suffers from a bipolar disorder, and the combination has put her at a distinct disadvantage. When offenders have mental health and substance ...

Memory Pharma says bipolar disorder drug fails trail
Reuters
O: Quote, Profile, Research) said its experimental drug for treating acute mania in bipolar disorder proved ineffective in a mid-stage trial. ...

Lawyer: Prosecutors claim parents drugged child over money
Boston Globe
The Rileys' two older children, now ages 11 and 6, had gone to the same psychiatrist and been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and attention deficit ...

Depression now occurring earlier in life
Fort Frances Times
It's only been in the last two decades that depression in children has been taken very seriously. Before puberty, boys and girls are equally likely to develop depressive disorders. After age 14, however, females are twice as likely as males to have major depression or dysthymia.

Test setback jolts Memory Pharmaceuticals
The Record
Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. shares plunged 36 percent Monday, the biggest drop in three years, after the Montvale company said an experimental drug it hoped would make patients with bipolar disorder less manic failed a critical test.

Class is open to friends, families of the mentally ill
The Indianapolis Star
A 12-week class for families and associates of people with a serious psychiatric illness, such as depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, will be held beginning in April at Faith Lutheran Church, 711 S. High School Road.

Parent support groups available
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter T
MANITOWOC Lakeshore Family Resources offers discussion groups for parents of children with bipolar disorder and those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Robbie Williams checks out of rehab clinic
AFP via Yahoo! News
Troubled British pop star Robbie Williams has checked out of a US rehab clinic, where he went last month for dependency on prescription drugs, his spokeswoman said here Wednesday.

MAN UNDERGOING THERAPY KEEPS THREATS OF VIOLENCE TO HIMSELF
Dear Abby via Yahoo! News
DEAR ABBY: My fiance's brother, "Nate," is going through a separation from his wife of 11 years, "Joanne." Everyone on Nate's side of the family is giving him all the support they can, but they are still very close to his wife. They realize he is an emotional cripple, prone to fits of rage and depression.

Broad Institute gets $100 million research grant
Boston Herald
CAMBRIDGE - A joint Harvard/MIT genomics research venture is getting a $100 million private grant to gather and analyze thousands of DNA samples from people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder...

Double shooting: Mom says son struggled with depression
Midland Daily News
Emotional problems troubled David Benjamin Turner long before he went to H.H. Dow High School Wednesday and opened fire on his ex-girlfriend, then shot and killed himself. His mother, Marie Turner of Coleman, said her 17-year-old son suffered from ADHD and bipolar illness, struggled with anger and depression, as well as watched his father die of a massive heart attack in 2002. He ...

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